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Banning Dong Zong: An Open Letter to Muhyiddin Yassin
Dong Zong still does not want to cancel the Congress of China Organization on December 28, which seeks to oppose the use of Jawi writing in Chinese National Type School education despite the fact that it was decided by the
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Jawi – who wants to retreat?
Today I attended a forum entitled ‘Jawi – Saling Memahami’ organized by GBM – Malaysia Action Coalition at the Chinese Assembly Hall, Selangor. The forum was excellent as it was also attended by Dong Zong, the Tamil Foundation, IKRAM, ABIM
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Abim’s dialogue with Dong Zong must be encouraged
It is good to know that not all Malay NGOs in the country are against the Chinese educationist group Dong Zong in organising the congress on the teaching of Jawi in vernacular schools on December 28, 2019, in Kajang. Muslim
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Anwar: Stop anti-Jawi meet, Malay groups may retaliate
KUALA LUMPUR: PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim yesterday urged Chinese education groups, Dong Jiao Zong to call off its anti-Jawi gathering scheduled for Dec 28. In a statement, Anwar said that the gathering may heat up Malaysia’s political and
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Deconstructing Dr M’s racist rage against Dong Zong
The Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has called Dong Zong (the National Chinese School Committees’ Association) racist because of its opposition to the inclusion of khat in the primary school Bahasa Malaysia curriculum. According to Mahathir, “if the education
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Dong Zong racist? No says DAP
PUCHONG: The DAP has affirmed that Chinese education group Dong Zong is not a racist organization as claimed by Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. “DAP does not agree that Dong Zong is a racist organization. In fulfilling its role
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Teo opts for polar opposite stand to Dr Mahathir
KUALA LUMPUR: Deputy Education Minister Teo Nie Ching opted to make a polar opposite move from Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad as she chose an increase in engaging stakeholders such as Dong Zong. “I feel that we should have
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Both Dr Mahathir and Dong Zong are wrong
Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohammad was wrong to brand Dong Zong as “racist”, but Dong Zong was not right to claim that the khat lesson for Chinese/Tamil primary schools’ Standard Four Bahasa Malaysia subject from 2020 was the beginning of
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Engage and rationalize with Dong Zong, Dr Mahathir
PUCHONG: Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad was taken to task for labelling Chinese educationist group, Dong Zong as racist instead of engaging them as stakeholders, on the issue of khat. “Instead of allaying the cconcerns of Dong Zong, on
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